Bug 156425

Summary:	kmenuedit does not write the "Type" key to menu items, rendering them hidden
Product:	[Applications] kmenuedit	Reporter:	Fabio Correa <facorread>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Unassigned bugs <unassigned-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	wstephenson
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Gentoo Packages
OS:	Linux
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Description Fabio Correa 2008-01-23 01:12:48 UTC

Version:            (using KDE 4.0.0)
Installed from:    Gentoo Packages
Compiler:          x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc 4.1.1 
OS:                Linux

Every menu item haves a "Type=Application" entry, specifying it corresponds to a program.

When some menu item is changed from the system default, a local (user-local) version of the corresponding .desktop file is created. It seems that kmenuedit makes this local version from scratch, instead of copying it from the system-wide directory then modifying it. The local version does not include the "Type=Application" key, then the .desktop file, stored at $HOME/.local/applications, is not regarded of as a menu entry. As a result, the menu entry does not appear anymore.

Keep up the great work with KDE 4!!!!

Comment 1 Will Stephenson 2009-11-23 17:06:49 UTC

Tested in KDE 4, Type=Application is present in the local version now.